[gcj-eclipse-merge-branch] gcj-dbtool and cross-compilation

Tue Dec 5 10:10:00 GMT 2006

Adam Megacz writes:
 > 
 > Hey, I've been on extended hiatus since before gcj-dbtool existed.
 > Forgive me if I'm just totally confused here.
 > 
 > How is gcj-dbtool supposed to play along with cross-compilation? It
 > runs as part of the build process, yet has $(EXEEXT) on it. This is a
 > bit confusing since AFAICT $(EXEEXT) is chosen by the target, not the
 > host.
 > 
 > It also appears that gcj-dbtool is written at least partly in Java,
 > meaning that a cross compile would need a host-to-host gcj in order to
 > finish the host-to-target libgcj build. I guess that's not such a bad
 > thing, but it might be good if it were made explicit that this is
 > necessary now...
Just take out the call to gcj-dbtool when cross-compiling.
Andrew.